First Aid Team

Liceo Artistico

The teacher Roberto Parra, invited some profesionals who prepares a group of students, a TEAM of 15, who made up a First Aid team (see photos) because Arica is a city that has had river overflows, due to changes in the climate and because it is a seismic city. In this city earthquakes of great magnitude have occurred.

Students learn to use fire extinguishers to put out fires, to transport people on stretchers, and to know how to call firefighters, ambulances, police officers and to maintain order at schools and carried out first aid in case of accidents, including what bandages to use, and how to carry them on stretchers, as well as what to do with those who lack oxygen at that moment

The team works on a special schedule every day in the afternoons in such a way that the management of the Lyceum provides the tools and space, respecting the Pandemic regulations.

Coordinator Gladys Hernández

Locally Grown Food is Beneficial

Usman Multidisciplinary College

There used to be a time when fruit and vegetables would only appear in shops in season. Apples were only bought in autumn when they were harvested; strawberries were sold and bought in summer. It was impossible to find food grown in far away countries.
Nowadays, we can eat just about everything at any time of the year. But, at what price of our planet? Products are transported by ecologically unfriendly vehicles which are responsible for carbon emissions. What’s more, some food products (for example tomatoes in our region) are often grown in one place, then travel somewhere else to be packaged and then travel back to near where they were grown to be sold!!!

The aim of the project is to find out how much food is imported in the region and which of the products could be produced or packaged closer to where we live, and what the benefits could be. We assumed that the more food we grow the less food is imported and the less we pollute the environment.

We have collected different food labels and packaging from local supermarkets.
We’d like to attract attention to the fact that most products come from abroad although they are grown in our region.
For example, in local supermarkets there are apples from different countries. Some are imported to Russia from Brazil, others are from Moldova.
However, apples are locally grown and can be successfully sold in the same area.
Pears are imported from Turkey. They are packed in Russia, in Moscow and then transported to our region.
Tomatoes, sweet corn, onion, garlic, sweet peppers are also brought from foreign countries such as Senegal, Iran, China, Azerbadzhan and others.
So, we have the following results. In the local supermarket 35 % of products are from Russia while 65 % of all fruit and vegetables are imported to Russia from abroad.

Since 2020 the whole world have been living on lockdown. This situation makes transporting food difficult as boarders are closed.
What benefits do we get if we grow food locally.
Firstly, we care about nature. We don’t transport food from other countries so planes don’t emit fumes. It helps to reduce environmental impact.
Secondly, we care about ourselves and other people as locally grown food is healthy.
More than that, it also helps bring our community together and gives people the opportunity to make a difference.

Birdhouses

Preschool Education Institution Playschool No 35

In MADOU Kindergarten No. 35 - UNESCO Associated School, an ecological action Birdhouses was organised. The motto of the action was “We will find a home for everyone!" an “We will not leave without a nest, neither a titmouse, nor a starling." A large-scale socially significant environmental project, which is being implemented at MADOU Kindergarten No. 35, since 2010 and is held under the auspices of UNESCO, within the framework of the Swedish Life-Link program.

Earth Day

Preschool Education Institution Playschool No 35

The tradition of celebrating Earth Day dates back to 1970. Back then it was initiated by the American Gaylord Nelson. He suggested that ordinary Americans should pay attention to the environmental problems of the world and try to jointly save our planet from the negative impact of modern industry.

Every year on Earth Day, world scientists gather to discuss global natural problems. Also on April 22, a lot of events and promotions are held around the world. On this day, environmental events, educational events for children and adolescents are held in all corners of the planet in order to draw attention to global problems on Earth.

The children of the "Future First Grader" group examined the beauty of the planet Earth, discussed the negative factors of impact on the environment: emissions, pollution with waste, fires en at the end made a model of the Earth.

Anorexia

Bereginya 684

Recently, our school hosted a conference that was prepared by the eleventh graders and held for the middle school students. This time we talked about such a common disease as anorexia. The graduates told the students about how anorexia manifests itself, about the treatment of this disease and about the myths about anorexia. This disease is quite common in our time, so it was interesting for graduates to prepare and talk about anorexia.

Clean Up The World Campaign

Bereginya 684

Recently, our school held a lesson dedicated to environmental care of nature. This time we talked about recycling batteries. The students learned what impact batteries can have on the environment. Thereby we teached about different kinds of batteries and considered options where you can reuse old batteries and how they are recycled.

Ecological Culture and Ecological Trail

Bereginya 684

Recently, our school held a lesson on theme "Contact with nature". We had a talk about the concept of ecological culture and its components.

Ecological culture is an ability of people to use their enviromental knowledge and skills in everyday life. We also learned what the ecological trail means. Ecological trail is a route on the terrain equipped for environmental education purposes. Pupils learned about the ecological routes that exist in our city and studied their components.

Well, that was a very interesting lesson and now our pupils really want to visit one of the ecological route.

International Day of Action for Rivers

Al Ghadir School

AL-Ghadir Educational institute, in continuation of its programs which are held to raise the stage of students' familiarity with the environment, on March 14, 2021, Coinciding with the International Day of Action for conservating Rivers, celebrated this international event on the Karun River in Khorramshahr city.

This event was attended by international guests, local officials, environmentalists, school students, AL-Ghadir teaching staff, and some  of students' parents.

Mr. Khaled Fartousi, the director of Al-Ghadir Educational institute stated: AL-Ghadir School as a member of the Life-Link Friendship Schools, has put the issue of the environment at the top of its educational schedule since Karun river passes thriugh the middle of  Khorramshahr.

He added: " The Karun River can be called the vital vessel of the city, but this river is not only an environmental issue, but it is also a part of the culture and history of these people. " The Karun River is a part of the historical memory of this city, so any action to protect this river is not only to protect geography, but it is also to protect history and culture."

This ceremony was held in the presence of Mr. Dong, an environmental activist from China, Dr. Ahmadzadeh, Director of Education Department of Khorramshahr city. Regarding the development of human urban culture, school students became acquainted with the interaction of humans and rivers, as well as the damage that has been happened to the natural route of rivers throughout history. And also the importance of protecting rivers as a vessel of human life was emphasized.

At the end of the ceremony, the guests symbolically cleaned parts of the Karun riverbank and collected the garbage on the coast.

Water Conservation

Subodh Public School

Water is a precious, essential and an abiotic component of the ecosystem. Today we all are heading towards the scarcity of water. This is mainly because of the lack of water conservation and pollution of water bodies. In an effort to harvest a better future, the school has a functional Rain Water harvesting system.  Rainwater harvesting systems for school are great for educating children about the benefits of conservation of our natural resources. They save money by not wasting water, and help to encourage an environmentally responsible attitude in the next generation. Rainwater is a relatively clean and absolutely free source of water. The layout plan of rain water harvesting system in school is shown here:

Water Management in the school

• Awareness among the students through different activities & campaigns for minimum use of water.

• Rain water harvesting system to recharge the underground water level.

• Total water use round the year is = Approximately 5042970 L.

• Rain water harvesting system recharge = Approximately 30,58,219 L.

• Percentage of annual water demand of the school is being met by recycled water is 60.64 %.

Let's Save Russian Forests

Voronezh State Secondary School №105

Our school took part in an annual city ecological campaign "Let's save Russian forests". The pupils from our school brought a lot of old empty boxes and wraps, newspapers and other used paper which are appropriate for recycling.